Bale-tie



(No Model.)

L. E. E ANS.

BALE TIE.

No. 310,502. Patented Jan. 6, 1885;

IN VBN TOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEMUEL E. EVANS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEYV JERSEY.

BALE-TIE.

Y JJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,502, dated January 6, 1885.

Application filed June 17, 1884.

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEMUEL E. EVANS, of East Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new an d, useful Improvement in ire Bale-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of baleties consisting of a wire hand one end of which is bent and twisted to form an eye, while the other end is straight, and is adapted to be tied or twisted with the eye, when the whole is applied to secure bales of hay, cotton, or other similar material.

The object of my invention is to form the eye in such a manner as to increase its strength, and at the same time to present a broad bearing, upon which the free end of the band rests when the whole is secured.

It consists of a wire band having one end doubled or bent upon itself to form a loop, the wires forming the sides of the loop lying in parallel planes one above the other, then bending the wire occupying the uppermost plane around the lower wire to form a bight, within which it lies, and then bending it in such amanner as' to form one or more circular eyes, which lie in parallel planes with the loop first formed, then twisting the strands together, the whole forming the fastening-eye on the end of the band.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, and in which similar letters of reference represent like parts, Figure l is a general view of the band and tie, showing the ends secured together. Fig. 2 is a side View. Fig. 3 is a view from above. Fig. 4 is a similar view from above, with the eyes spread apart, so as to more fully illustrate the relative position each to the other.

A 13 represent the ends of the band. The end B, which is the end that is twisted to secure the tie, is formed substantially straight, while on the other end, A, I form the eye 0, as shown in the drawings. The eye C can be formed in several different ways, as by first bending the wire upon itself to form a loop, D, Fig. 4, the sides of which lie in parallel planes one above the other, then bending the wire occupying the uppermost plane around the lower wire, forming the bight E, which includes the lower wire, and then bending it in a circular direction to form the eyesF G, which (No model.)

lie in parallel planes with the loop first formed, and finally twisting to secure the whole.

I do not limit myself to any particular method of forming the eye so long as the result of the operation shall produce an eye on the end of the bale-band substantially similar with that herein described, and shown in the drawings; neither do I limit myself to the number of eyes which shall be formed to make a part of the fastening-eye, as I may find it convenient to make two, three, or more circular eyes and place them parallel to each other.

In fastening the band around a package of hay, cotton, or other material the free end of the band B is passed through the eye 0 and secured by a partial twist around the wire, and then around the end of the band A, on which the eye is located, as shown at H, Fig. 1. \Vhen the band is under strain, the direction of the force applied tends to make the eye smaller. In practice, however, it is found that the quality and size of the wire used in making bale-ties of this description is sufficiently stiif and rigid to preserve the form of the eye, and any strain to which it is likely to be subjected simply acts to cause the bight E to bear more firmly upon the wire contained within it.

I claim as my invention- I l. A wire bale-tie having an eye on one end of the band, formed by first bending the wire upon itself to form a loop, and then bending one side of the loop around the other side and bending to form one or more circular eyes so arranged as to lie in parallel planes with each other and the loop first formed, and finally twisting the strands together to secure the eye, said eye adapted to receive the free or straight end of the band to be knotted or twisted to secure the tie.

2. Awire bale-tie having an eye on one end of the band, formed of a locked loop and one or more eyes arranged parallel with said loop and in close relation thereto, said eye so formed adapted to receive the free end of the band to be twisted to secure the tie, substantially as described.

3. A wire bale-tie having an eye on one end of the band, provided with abroad bearing, on which the free end of the band rests, formed by bending one end of the band upon itself in such a manner as to form a locked loop, and

one or more circular eyes arranged in parallel planes and in close relation with said locked loop, substantially as described.

4. A wire baletie formed of a single wire, having one end of the band bent to form one or 'more circular eyes, and a loop, arranged parallel to each other, the ends of the wire so bent being twisted to form the fastening-eye, adapted to receive and connect with the free end of the band to secure the tie, substantially as described.

5. In a balc-tie, the combination, with the free end of the band B,'of an eye on the other end of the band, formed by bending the wire upon itself in such a manner as to form the loop D, bight E, and circular eyes F G, the ends of the wires being twisted together.

6. In a bale-tie, the combination of the free or straight end of the wire B with the end of the wire A, having the eye 0 at its extremity, 20

at one end to form the eye 0, said eye being 25 adapted to receive the straight end of the band to secure the tie, substantially as described.

LEMUEL E. EVANS.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. BENJAMIN, A. E. SEXToN. 

